Dick Franks

Dick Franks
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Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service	Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6)
Rank	Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
Award(s)	KCMG
Born	13 July 1920
Died	12 October 2008 (aged 88)
Nationality	British
Spouse	Rachel Ward
Children	One son, two daughters
Occupation	Intelligence officer
Alma mater	Queen's College, Oxford

Sir Arthur Temple "Dick" Franks KCMG (13 July 1920 – 12 October 2008) was Head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1979 to 1982.

Career

Educated at Rugby School and Queen's College, Oxford, Franks was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1940.^[1] He became an Intelligence officer in the Western Desert and then joined the Special Operations Executive.^[1]

After the War he briefly worked for the Daily Mirror before joining the Secret Intelligence Service in 1946.^[1] He became involved in Operation Boot, a plan to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh, the nationalistic Iranian Prime Minister in 1953.^[1] In was posted to Bonn in 1962 and was promoted to Deputy Chief in 1977.^[1] He was appointed Chief of the Service in 1978.^[1]

He lived at Aldeburgh in Suffolk.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Obituary: Sir Dick Franks The Times, 20 October 2008
2. ^ Obituary: Sir Dick Franks The Independent, 30 October 2008

External links

• Daily Telegraph obituary
• Financial Times obituary

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Maurice Oldfield	Chief of the SIS 1979 - 1982	Succeeded by Sir Colin Figures

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Name	Franks, Dick
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Date of birth	13 July 1920
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Date of death	12 October 2008
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